Rod Hightower, president of the Experimental Aircraft Association, will meet with local aviation enthusiasts at 6 p.m. Monday at the Generations of Flight Hangar, 855 St. Johns Bluff Road N., as part of his national Grassroots Pilot Tour.

The free event will be hosted by EAA Chapters 193 and 1379, starting with a social hour to meet pilots and enthusiasts at Craig Executive Airport, then the program at 7 p.m. to highlight the association's aviation activities.

Hightower has been a pilot for more than 30 years and an active Experimental Aircraft Association member for two decades.

For more information on the association and its programs, call (800) 564-6322, or log onto www.eaa.org.